Cosmic Weather Forecast — January 26, 2010

We have an opposition between Venus the planet of love and Mars the God of War. In mythology, these two were lovers, and like any relationship theirs was complicated. First off, Aphrodite which is the Greek name for Venus was married to Hephaestus the Smith God. Although, Aphrodite was not really attracted to her husband on the physical level, her husband had a knack for getting the other God’s to side with him because he made them all the beautiful toys that they played with. On the other hand Aries (Greek name for Mars) was quite tempestuous, angry, impulsive, and blood thirsty – and caused problems and had associations that the other God’s would have to clean up. Eventually, despite having a child with Mars – Venus chooses her husband because he is the more socially pleasing of the two Gods. However, when she has an itch that needs to be satisfied she would run off and begin her affair with Aries once again.

In this case, Venus in Aquarius is too humanitarian and ideal to deal with Mars’s self focus while he is in the sign of Leo. Venus wants to go out and make connections and Mars wants to do his own thing – independent of the group. So, there is a tension here because our urge for relationship and our urge for individuality will be at odds today, which could provoke arguments and disagreements with others. One way we can explore this aspect in a positive way is to exam our own passions, and how we could express these impulsive feelings in a constructive rather than destructive way.